Official Press Release from Universal Studios Home Entertainment:
THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST DOLL IS BACK FOR REVENGE IN THE LATEST
AND MOST TERRIFYING CHAPTER OF THE CHILD’S PLAY SAGA
CURSE OF CHUCKY
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEGINS ON THE ALL-NEW UNIVERSAL
DVD ORIGINAL® ON SEPTEMBER 5 IN WINNIPEG
Universal City, California, September 5, 2012 – The sixth installment of the frightening Child’s Play thriller franchise, Curse of Chucky, begins principal photography in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on September 5, 2012. The franchise comes full circle as Toyland’s most gruesome serial killer returns in a horrifying all-new movie from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. .
“Since his introduction to audiences in Child’s Play almost a quarter-century ago, Chucky has haunted the nightmares of a generation of moviegoers,” said Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment. “Returning to his roots in one of the most provocative horror franchises, this new sequel will shock longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike.”
Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif (The Master, “True Blood,” “Deadwood”), A Martinez (“Longmire,” “General Hospital”), Danielle Bisutti (Get Smart, “CSI: Miami”) and Brennan Elliott (Flight 93, Double Jeopardy). Brad Dourif (The Lord of the Rings, Dune) once again returns to provide the voice of Chucky, the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who returns to settle some unfinished business.
The film is directed by Don Mancini, the Child’s Play franchise creator who has written or co-written each of the previous movies and was the director of Seed of Chucky. Also an integral part of the Child’s Play franchise from inception, David Kirschner (An American Tail, Hocus Pocus, Bride of Chucky) produces from a screenplay by Mancini. The film’s top-flight production team includes special-effects wizard Tony Gardner (Zombieland, Seed of Chucky), production designer Craig Sandells (Mother’s Day) and costume designer Patricia J. Henderson (ATM).
SYNOPSIS
Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.
Today we’re going to take a look at Series 3 of McFarlane Toys Movie Maniacs line. This line had characters from my two favorite movies: The Thing and Army of Darkness. The sculpt of each figure got even better in this bunch. You can see it more in The Thing figures with the detail being greater and more intricate. The human figures of the line actually look like the actors that portray those roles. A lot of time you get movie figures that look somewhat like the actor or not at all. As far as articulation goes there really isn’t much but that’s absolutely fine as they are really meant to be for show and stay posed in their movie stance. Here’s the list of figures in this bunch:
- Ash (Army of Darkness)
- The Thing: Blair Monster (The Thing)
- The Thing: Norris Creature & Spider (The Thing)
- Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
- Brundlefly (The Fly)
- John Shaft (Shaft)
- Snake Plissken (Escape from L.A.)
This is a nice little animated short that I came across a while back. I really suggest you take some time out and give it a view. It has great message.
The latest and final installment in Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight Trilogy takes place eight years after The Dark Knight. Organized crime has for the most part been stopped due to the “Dent Act” and Gotham is in a state of peace. Batman has completely disappeared from the public eye after being accused of Harvey Dent’s death and Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has become a recluse. Wayne Enterprises is going under and Bruce Wayne is almost completely broke. A man named named John Daggett is attempting a takeover of the business and employing every tactic he possibly can to succeed. Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and a young detective named John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are the only few people left on the local police force that still believe in The Batman. Blake talks to Wayne and is able to more or less figure out that he is indeed the Cape Crusader. He tries to convince him the city still needs The Dark Knight. It’s only after a man known as Bane (Tom Hardy) appears in Gotham and creates chaos that Batman once again makes his presence known. With Selina Kyle’s (Anne Hathaway) help, Bane is able to take control of Bruce Wayne/Batman’s weapon room, let loose all the prisoners in Blackgate Prison and create an army of followers for his cause. All that is left for Batman to do is to stop Bane at all costs and try to return order to Gotham City.
Wow, where to start. This incarnation of Batman has to be the best that I’ve ever seen and I’m absolutely positive that no one will argue with that statement one bit. After The Dark Knight was released and was critically loved I was very interested on how they were going to top it. I don’t know if I can say that they topped it but they made it equally fantastic. With Joker being an anarchist and “mental” type of villain the only other option would be to have someone go up against Batman that was the exact opposite. Bane is a man that is intelligent but uses brute force and physicality to get the results he wants. The other movie version of Bane that we saw showed him as a huge meat-headed luchador. Thanks to Nolan and the world that he created that is much more realistic (well as realistic as you can get) we didn’t see any of that. What we did see was a very formidable foe and physical match for Batman. Tom Hardy brought to the role exactly what was needed. The only thing that bothered me (but wasn’t horrible) was Bane’s accent. A lot of the people had something to say about him being very muffled but that wasn’t even it for me. Something about the tone of his voice that made it seem weird. Michael Caine was again great as Alfred Pennyworth. Nolan really showed the evolution of the relationship between the two. The father/son/best friend aspect really showed in one of the more emotional moments when Alfred tearfully resigned after pleading to Bruce to not put the cape and cowl back on. The inclusion of Selina Kyle aka Catwoman fit in perfectly as she brought in the sex appeal and kind of connected the dots between some of the characters. I honestly think she was the best Catwoman I’ve seen. Hathaway almost had a bit of a feline feel to the way she delivered her lines without being overly cheesy (Thank god she didn’t say “Puuuurrrfect” or anything like that). The John Blake character was rather interesting seeing as no one knew any more than him just being a straight laced cop. Joesph Gordon-Levitt really did wonders with this character. Halfway through the movie I knew Blake was going to be important but I wasn’t sure to what degree. SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the movie already then stop here. When it was revealed at the end of the movie that John Blake’s birth name was Robin I thought that was a great an clever way of including him without including him. Nolan was smart enough to add him in but not bombard you with it to allow the character to develop on its own and not have the viewer keep thinking “He’s Robin, He’s Robin”. If you are a fan of the comics then you know that Robin’s name isn’t Robin so I felt like he did more or less as a nod to the fans. In the film’s finale it is shown that Bruce Wayne is apparently dead and leaves his estate to the local boys home. He also leaves coordinates for John Blake to an undisclosed location. When he reaches the destination its shown that it’s the Batcave and that Wayne wants Blake to continue on as Batman. It was a great ending to a phenomenal trilogy. They ended on a note that they had been mentioning throughout the series. Batman is more of a symbol than an actual person. The movie could’ve probably been trimmed down a bit and had a bit more of the Dark Knight himself but in the end it was another excellent movie from an excellent director. I don’t even have to say go see it because I’m sure by now all of you have……multiple times 🙂
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE: (L-R) Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger & Ronnie Wood (Vintage shot from 1970’s)CROSSFIRE HURRICANE: (L-R) Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts & Ronnie Wood
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE: (L-R) Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts & Ronnie Wood
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE,
A NEW FILM FROM THE ROLLING STONES, TO DEBUT NOV. 15 ON HBO
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2012 – The Rolling Stones, the rock ‘n’ roll icons who have defined creativity, daring and durability, are to be chronicled in a kaleidoscopic new film that will debut Nov. 15 on HBO, it was announced today by MichaelLombardo, HBO’s president of Programming. The film documents the key periods in their career and their incredible adventures.
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, directed by Brett Morgen, provides a remarkable new perspective on the Stones’ unparalleled journey from blues-obsessed teenagers in the early ‘60s to rock royalty. It’s all here in panoramic candour, from the Marquee Club to Hyde Park, from Altamont to “Exile,” from club gigs to stadium extravaganzas.
In addition to the U.S. premiere on HBO, in the UK the film will receive a theatrical release and can be seen by Stones fans in selected cinemas across the country in the fall. It will also broadcast on BBC 2 later in the year.
With never-before-seen footage and fresh insights from the band themselves, the film will delight, shock and amaze longtime devotees, as well as another generation of fans, with its uniquely immersive style and tone. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE places the viewer right on the frontline of the band’s most legendary escapades.
Taking its title from a lyric in “Jumping Jack Flash,” CROSSFIRE HURRICANE gives the audience an intimate insight, for the first time, into exactly what it’s like to be part of the Rolling Stones, as they overcame denunciation, drugs, dissensions and death to become the definitive survivors. It’s the backstage pass to outdo them all.
The odyssey includes film from the Stones’ initial road trips and first controversies as they became the anti-Beatles, the group despised by authority because they connected and communicated with their own generation as no one else ever had. “When we got together,” says Wyman, “something magical happened, and no one could ever copy that.”
From the outset of the film, viewers know they’re in for a white-knuckle ride. No sooner had the early Stones line-up first played live under that name in the summer of 1962 than they were bigger than the venues that tried to hold them. Wyman remembers how the crowds were soon inspiring manic behaviour, especially among screaming girls, whose uncontrollable excitement was obvious as stardom beckoned for the band already earmarked as the bad guys with press headlines like ‘Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?’
Riots and the chaos of early tours are graphically depicted, as is the birth of the Jagger-Richards songwriting partnership. The many dramas they encountered are also fully addressed, including the Redlands drug bust, the descent of Brian Jones into what Richards calls “bye-bye land,” and the terror and disillusionment of 1969’s Altamont Festival.
The band’s rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle is also discussed with extraordinary forthrightness, including the time of their seminal 1972 album “Exile on Main St.,” which topped the British charts both then and 38 years later in its deluxe reissue. Their very survival repeatedly under threat, we see how theStones survived with a backs-to-the-wall spirit. “We may be going down,” says Keith, “but we’re not going down your way.”
The film illustrates the Stones’ evolution from being, as Mick vividly describes it, “the band everybody hated to the band everybody loves,” through the hedonistic 1970s and Keith’s turning-point bust in Canada to the spectacular touring phenomenon we know today. Richards also reveals the song that he believes defines the “essence” of his writing relationship with Jagger more than any other.
Asked in a formative interview in the film what it is that sets them apart from other groups, Jagger says with quiet understatement, “A chemical reaction seems to have happened.” Keith Richards added, “You can’t really stop the Rolling Stones, you know when that sort of avalanche is facing you, you just get out of the way”. It’s been happening ever since, and the life and times of the Rolling Stones have never been as electrifyingly portrayed as they are in CROSSFIRE HURRICANE.
Director Brett Morgen added, “CROSSFIRE HURRICANE invites the audience to experience firsthand the Stones’ nearly mythical journey from outsiders to rock and roll royalty. This is not an academic history lesson. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE allows the viewer to experience the Stones’ journey from a unique vantage point. It’s an aural and visual roller coaster ride.”
Worldwide distributors of CROSSFIRE HURRICANE are Eagle Rock Entertainment in London, with Tremelo Productions and Milkwood Films as the production companies.
Eagle Rock Entertainment Chairman and CEO, Terry Shand said, “We are very pleased to continue our association with the Rolling Stones visual rights agenda and their collaboration with such great filmmakers.”
As befits the first rock band to reach the 50-year milestone with their globalstature now greater than ever, the film combines extensive historical footage, much of it widely unseen, with contemporary commentaries by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and former Stones Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor. Period interviews, extensive live performance material and news archive give the production a truly kinetic aura and no-holds-barred approach. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE has taken over a year to make and produce with the full cooperation of The Rolling Stones and will be released in November.
Director Joe Carnahan just released this “sizzle reel” (via his twitter acct: @CarnoJoe) that was test footage for his take on Daredevil. According to him “The clock ticked down at Fox” and it seems like its not going to get made. I really hated to see those words because I for one was really excited to see how it would’ve come out. You all be the judge and tell him what you think.
There are 2 versions:
PG-13
and NC-17
Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star in this film directed by Oliver Stone from the novel written by Don Winslow. Chon (Kitsch) and Ben (Taylor-Johnson) are best friends that decide to go into the marijuana distribution business after Chon smuggles rare seeds from Afghanistan during his duty as a soldier in the military. Soon after their business takes off and start to develop a wide customer base. This of course grabs the attention of a cartel in Mexico. The cartel sends them a video of several people being decapitated and lets them know that they are aware of their operations and would like to meet with them. After meeting with them and denying their offer for a partnership they kidnap Chon and Ben’s girlfriend O (Blake Lively) and threaten to kill her if they don’t do what the cartel wants. Chon and Ben decide to take them head on and get their girlfriend back and nothing will stand in their way.
I was made aware of this movie by Bruce Cook (Editor-in-Chief at Gonzogeek.com) and showed me the novel that it is based on. He asked me to read the first chapter and I did. “Fuck You” were the two words that were on the page. I flipped the page over and there started chapter two and after seeing that I was sold on it. I went in hoping that Kitsch was going to really shine in this. I think he’s really talented and I want to see him to his full potential. He really hasn’t been in the best movies recently (We’ll just forget about Wolverine and Battleship). I still feel like some of his best work was in Friday Night Lights (TV show) so usually everything he’s in, I compare to that. He didn’t disappoint one bit. I’m just really glad that Stone pulled the best performance from him. Hopefully this will turn things around for him a bit. Taylor-Johnson was fantastic in this as well. He has such a different look to him that I pretty much didn’t recognize him until the end of the movie (If you don’t know, he is the title character in Kick-Ass). His character is the Ying to Kitsch’s Yang. They complete and balance each other out nicely. Then there’s Lively who is the reason for the guys going on this “mission”. She played the usual damsel in distress role…..only she’s a pothead. Like I said, she is an integral part of the movie but I feel like she could’ve been an bit more lively (total pun intended) and not just gliding along through scenes. Benicio Del Toro makes his appearance as a enforcer for the cartel named Lado. All of Del Toro’s roles seem to be the same and this one is pretty much no different…..except he has a horrible mexican accent that sounds like he’s trying to imitate George Lopez. John Travolta plays a corrupt DEA agent and he plays it well. There’s something about his demeanor and delivery of some of the dialogue that makes you feel like he’s such a scumbag. Finally, Salma Hayek plays Elena, the cartel leader. She was extraordinary! Her intensity in the role was great and really made you believe that she could kill someone on the spot for crossing her. She has always been a favorite of mine and this cemented her spot. On top of the great story comes the great camera work and editing. Lots of angles and various types of cameras used. Classic Oliver Stone style and I really can’t wait to see the next thing he does. Go check it out
